To add - you don't necessarily need to have a solution at the ready when you criticize something. However, it's one thing to point out issues and another to habitually tear down the people trying to do the work while pointing out said issues.
https://twitter.com/violetbfox/status/1353901834038104064
On a related #LibraryTwitter note, it's 1 thing to use the platform that you built on here to put issues on people's radar. It is another to weaponize your platform to tear down individuals who are trying to do the work to the point where they have to lock or leave their account.
There's a fine line between affecting change through mobilizing your followers and affecting change through weaponizing your followers. Intent and impact both matter in that fine line division.
There's more I want to say about this, but the topic is probably better suited for a blog post.
Platform building, the various natures of follower bases, & power dynamics between poster/user and their follower base have been rummaging around the back of my mind for a long while.
Platform building, the various natures of follower bases, & power dynamics between poster/user and their follower base have been rummaging around the back of my mind for a long while.
Tho I just remembered the time where a librarian chased another librarian *across platforms* while attacking this person for not doing enough even after this person stated very valid life reasons as to they hadn't been able to do more at the time.
And now I'm mad all over again.
And now I'm mad all over again.
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